You wouldn't think putting a naked guy on the cover would be a ticket to magazine sales, but ESPN's annual Body Issue, which features the toned, glistening, and unclothed bodies of some of our favorite athletes, is one of its most talked-about issues every year. Featured in this year's edition is U.S. mens soccer player Omar Gonzalez, and fresh off an impressive showing at the World Cup, the L.A. Galaxy defender stopped by Conan to explain one of the issue's most perplexing photographs.

After showing a video of Gonzalez wearing a Speedo as he plays George Michael's "Careless Whisper" on the sax (we won't get into this now), Conan busts out the Body Issue and flips to a two-page spread of Gonzalez, apparently mid-jumping jack and with a soccer ball magically suspended over... well, the part of his body ESPN can't show lest the magazine be relegated to a certain seedier part of the newsstand. So how was the photograph taken? It was actually an action shot, with Gonzalez jumping, kicking his legs apart, and strategically letting the ball go at the same time. This begs one question: How many outtakes?